Month: July 2013

July 25, 2013 0

Durable Goods: Seen and Unseen (the Good, the Bad, the Ugly)

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Motor Vehicles and Parts +1.3% Non-Defense Aircraft and Parts +31.4% Defense Aircraft and Parts  +18.7% Other Durable Goods +0.1% One quick glance at new orders will give you the "easily seen" look at the durable goods numbers. Although such analysis is "easily seen" not many bother

July 24, 2013 0

Gold Backwardation Conspiracy Nonsense

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Now That’s Backwardation! Recall the definition of backwardation: Current price above future delivery price . There are many reasons this can happen with commodities, but the typical explanations are: temporary short-term supply shortage, expected future supply, or expected falling demand. Supposedly this can never happen with gold because " gold is money ".

July 24, 2013 0

China Manufacturing PMI Declines at Quickest Pace Since Last August

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China Manufacturing PMI Declines at Quickest Pace Since Last August Posted by Michael Shedlock at 10:50 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s).

July 24, 2013 0

Why Eli Pays No Attention to #1

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional